— There was strong discussion a month ago that if TNA’s iMPACT! moved to Monday nights from 8 to 10 p.m, Raw would move to three hours each and every week in response. In an update on the situation, talk of a permanently moving Raw to three hours has since died down and appears highly unlikely at this point.

— For what it’s worth, the WWE website has removed its list of upcoming pay-per-views following WrestleMania XXVI. Last week, WWE added three new theme events to its 2010 schedule in WWE Wild Card, Fatal Four Way and Money In The Bank with Backlash and The Bash dropped.

— Going head-to-head with the Olympics, Raw last week did a 3.4 rating, scoring a 3.3 in the first hour (4.807 million viewers) and a 3.5 in the second (5.111 million). Persons 18-to-49 did a 2.16 for number two and three of the night, and males 18-to-49 did a 3.02 for numbers two and three.

source: www.f4wonline.com

— Following the pyro incident at Elimination Chamber, WWE officials were extra careful with Undertaker’s entrance on RAW and kept fire of tweaking his entrance for WrestleMania to avoid another accident like the one they had Sunday night. There is also talk of his WrestleMania entrance being modified to limit his potential exposure to fire.

— Speaking of the Undertaker incident, the story has been picked up by a number of mainstream news outlets including CNN and the Associated Press. A few of the articles brought up the WWE malfunction that led to Owen Hart’s death.

— The main event for last night’s RAW was originally scheduled to be John Cena vs. Sheamus, with the winner getting a shot at Batista and the championship at WrestleMania. Sheamu suffered a concussion in the WWE title Elimination Chamber match and was not cleared to wrestle last night – so WWE went with the hotshot angle of Cena vs. Batista on RAW.

(Credit to F4wonline.com for the information used in this report)

Undertaker had first and second degree burns on his chest and neck. Those within WWE consider him very lucky, having escaped with the burns he had, as opposed to how badly it could have been.

Despite the burns, Undertaker continued to work through the match in tremendous pain, and even refused to shorten the match. The sleeve of his jacket and part of his hand had melted when the pyro went off prematurely.

There was talk of having Shawn Michaels take responsibility for the pyrotechnics incident that happened at the Elimination Chamber PPV. The decision was made prior to RAW, and that idea was ultimately shot down.

One of the key things in the decision making was going to be based off how their camera angles had the incident, if it came off impressive, the idea would have been used on TV.

(Credit to F4wonline.com for some of the news used in this report)

– It was announced last week that the April 26th edition of WWE RAW from Richmond, Virginia would be a 3-hour show, which lead to speculation that the WWE draft might take place that night. This has now been confirmed by the Richmond Coliseum website, which is promoting the event as the night the 2010 WWE Draft will take place.

– Some WWE RAW viewers are under the impression that Bret Hart really was injured in a backstage car crash last week on RAW. It appears some viewers saw the number on the ambulance used in the angle and actually called the ambulance company to check on Bret’s condition. On the Midwest Ambulance website, there is a message that states:

“ATTENTION: Please do not call 222-2222 regarding the condition of Bret “Hit Man” Hart. Contact the WWE for updates. Our number is for emergency calls only. Thank you.”

– WWE superstar Gregory Helms has posted a picture on Twitter of himself along with several WWE and TNA wrestlers. Helms asks if readers can name all the people in the picture, which you can see here (for the record, it’s The Pope, Mr. Anderson, Chavo Guererro, MVP, Hornswoggle, Gergory Helms and Dean Malenko).

(Partial thanks to reader Seth Fisher for sending in some of these live notes)

Pre-RAW Dark Match

– Vladimir Kozlov defeated Cyrus Young in a squash match.

WWE Superstars Matches:

* William Regal and Jack Swagger vs. Santino Marella and Chris Masters

* Zack Ryder vs.  Primo Colon

Live Notes:

-During the commercial break where ShowMiz were in the ring, Big Show complained the bull should be “tested” and then The Miz cut a heel promo on the Colts.

– It was a solid show, and the crowd seemed really into all night. I’d say the arena was about 95% full.

Post-RAW Dark Match

– Triple H & Edge defeated Chris Jericho & Batista in the dark main event. After Cena was helped to the back, Triple H came out and called out Batista. After Batista came out, Jericho came out picking a fight with Triple H until Edge came out and suggested the tag match. Triple H and Edge were both in t-shirts and jeans. 6 or 7 minutes, Triple H gets the pin on Jericho after a pedigree.

– WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross posted a message on Twitter.com/jrsbbq reacting to the pyrotechnics accident that occurred at the WWE Elimination Chamber: “Undertaker is okay from what I understand but ‘lucky,’ He’s as (tough) as they come without question.” Read more tweets from Jim Ross at PWTweets.com.

– WWE spokesman Robert Zimmerman has commented on the pyrotechnics malfunction that almost set the Undertaker on fire during his entrance at Elimination Chamber. Zimmerman described what happened as a “mistiming” with the pyrotechnics. “Thank God he was fine. It basically amounted to a sunburn. It wasn’t over a large area of his body, just a short area, just a little bit on his chest.” He also stated that the Undertaker was checked out by a ringside doctor before competing in the match.

* VIDEO of Undertaker Being Set on Fire at Elimination Chamber

WWE Hall of Famer Bret Hart posted a blog update on his Facebook.com page stating that he will not be on tonight’s WWE RAW following last week’s backstage car crash storyline. He wrote:

“It was really great seeing so many of the WWE wrestlers backstage in the last couple of months. I would’ve loved to have spent more time with many of them,. I won’t be at Raw in Indianapolis but it would’ve been great to have gone back there another great city where I’ve had many great matches.”

Hart stays ‘in character’ throughout the blog, referencing the scripted leg injury that is keeping him away from WWE television for now.

“It’s been hard getting around with my leg but, all things considered, the weather’s been really nice and, with the Olympics on, it’s worth propping your leg up and getting lost in the excitement of it all.”

A representative of Ric Flair issued the following statement to TMZ.com in regards to Flair’s wife being arrested last night:

“Ric and his wife had an unfortunate disagreement late last night, which led to his wife being arrested and charged with assault. Ric has done nothing wrong.”

As previously reported, Flair and his wife Jacqueline had a domestic dispute on Sunday night after arriving home from dinner. Flair suffered minor injuries and Jackqueline was arrested and charged with allegedly assaulting Flair with “personal weapons” such as hands, feet, and teeth.

Related News: Ric Flair’s Wife Arrested For Domestic Assault (MUGSHOT)

— Handheld videos of Undertaker momentarily being engulfed in flames as a result of a pyrotechnic malfunction at last night’s Elimination Chamber pay-per-view are quickly being pulled off of YouTube due to copyright notices from WWE.

— Just five days after Team Lay-Cool defeated Divas Champion Maryse and Gail Kim at WWE Elimination Chamber, Michelle McCool will invoke her rematch clause to face Women’s Champion Mickie James for her title. The match referee will be none other than Vickie Guerrero, who is being referred as the “Official SmackDown Consultant” by the WWE website.

— WWE will be holding an event at the Baseball Stadium in Puebla, Mexico on Friday, May 7th, 2010. Bell time is 8:30 PM. Tickets go on sale Monday, March 8th, 2010 at 11 AM. (Thanks to Devin Cutting)